Industry Structures - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

Dividends from Schumpeter’s Noble Failure

models, individual entrepreneurs, companies, and industries vanish from the scene. In complete contrast to Schumpeter's approach in Business Cycles, no mention of a single business firm occurs over the 403-page length of The General... View Details

Keywords: by Thomas K. McCraw

November 2008 (Revised January 2010)
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Stone Finch, Inc.: Young Division, Old Division

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Elizabeth Collins

CEO Jim Billings wants to attract energetic, entrepreneurial talent to Stone Finch, Inc., which comprises an older division that fabricates products like piping and tanks for water and wastewater processing plants, and a much newer division that develops biochemical... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Behavior; Human Resource Management; Motivation; Business Growth; Motivation and Incentives; Leadership; Business Subsidiaries; Innovation Strategy; Resource Allocation; Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Retention; Operations; Recruitment; Integration; Business Growth and Maturation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Growth and Development Strategy; Manufacturing Industry

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27 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018

unrelated to managerial performance, we document that a significant subset of firms, who choose index-based rTSR-benchmarks in lieu of specific peers, do not adequately achieve this objective. Structural estimates reveal that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

February 2024 (Revised June 2024)
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Can Families Conquer Private Equity? Pritzker Private Capital

By: Lauren Cohen and Sophia Pan

Anthony (Tony) Pritkzer, Paul Carbone, and the Pritzker Private Capital (PPC) team wondered how to approach the firm’s next phase of growth. PPC was a private equity firm that offered a differentiated approach to the family capital market. Back in 2016, the partners... View Details

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30 May 2000
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Market Makers Bid for Success

of FairMarket, which provides online auction services for a variety of merchant and community sites. Meakem is the founder and CEO of FreeMarkets, which creates business-to-business online auctions for industrial parts and suppliers.... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Web Services; Technology

02 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019

Then, students view alternative ways of making each call. The materials are intended to build skills and awareness relevant to personal selling and, in particular, to the role and importance of “up-front contracts” in structuring... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

08 Aug 2017
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First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017

managing labor and delivery units in the United States and assess the associations between unit management and maternal outcomes. Methods: We developed and administered a management measurement instrument using structured telephone... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Feb 2011
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The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

survivors, the future of e-commerce and other info tech industries seemed perilous. BusinessWeek.com recently ranked Amazon #6 in its annual list of most innovative companies; four of the other five are internet or computer businesses. In... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

March 2016
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IC Group A/S

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

IC Group owned several of Scandinavia's leading premium fashion brands. How should it respond to the decline of its primary wholesale distribution channels (independent fashion boutiques and department stores)? Should it open more physical stores or focus on... View Details